1963 Australia Cup

The 1963 Australia Cup was the second season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. 24 clubs from around Australia qualified to enter the competition.[1][2]

1963 Australia Cup
Country Australia
Teams24
ChampionsPort Melbourne Slavia
Runners-upPolonia Melbourne
Matches played25
← 1962
1964 →

TeamsEdit

Qualifying clubs
  NNSW Wallsend West Wallsend Awaba Newcastle Austral
  NSW Sydney Prague APIA Leichhardt South Coast United Pan Hellenic
  QLD Brisbane Hellenic Brisbane Azzurri Latrobe Merton Rovers
  SA Adelaide Juventus Adelaide Budapest Adelaide Croatia Adelaide Polonia
  TAS Olympia Launceston Juventus Ulverstone Hobart Rangers
  VIC Footscray JUST Polonia Melbourne George Cross Port Melbourne Slavia

Round 1Edit

Toronto Awaba6–5West Wallsend
Newcastle Austral3–0Wallsend
Brisbane Hellenic4–2Merton Rovers
Brisbane Azzurri1–0Latrobe
Hobart Olympia3–2Launceston Juventus
Hobart Rangers1–0Ulverstone
Adelaide Juventus6–0Adelaide Polonia
Adelaide Budapest3–0Adelaide Croatia

Round 2Edit

Toronto Awaba2–3Brisbane Hellenic
Crystal Palace, Wallsend
Sydney Prague2–1 (a.e.t.)Pan Hellenic
Attendance: 11,014[2]
Brisbane Azzurri1–0Newcastle Austral
Polonia Melbourne0–0 (a.e.t.)George Cross
Penalties
4–3
APIA Leichhardt2–0South Coast United
Port Melbourne Slavia4–3 (a.e.t.)Footscray JUST
Hobart Olympia5–1Hobart Rangers
Adelaide Juventus3–1Adelaide Budapest

Quarter-finalsEdit

Sydney Prague5–2Brisbane Hellenic
Attendance: 2,100[2]
Brisbane Azzurri0–3Polonia Melbourne
Attendance: 7,300[2]
Port Melbourne Slavia3–1APIA Leichhardt
Attendance: 11,000[2]
Adelaide Juventus3–0Hobart Olympia
Attendance: 5,000[2]

Semi-finalsEdit

Polonia Melbourne3–1Sydney Prague
Attendance: 10,500[2]
Port Melbourne Slavia2–0Adelaide Juventus
Attendance: 6,500[2]

Third place playoffEdit

Sydney Prague1–2Adelaide Juventus
Attendance: 2,000[2]

FinalEdit

Port Melbourne Slavia0–0Polonia Melbourne
Attendance: 12,500[2]
Referee: Tony Boskovic

ReplayEdit

Port Melbourne Slavia3–2 (a.e.t.)Polonia Melbourne
Des Palmer   81', 85', 104' Report Wieslaw Janczyk   19' (pen.)
Michael Jurecki   61'
Attendance: 9,000[2]
Referee: Tony Boskovic

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "The Australia Cup". goalweekly.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Andrew Robinson (11 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1963 – Results".
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